MISERY FOR VIPOND

SALVESEN Boys Club’s under-14 goalkeeper, Jamie Vipond, was on the wrong end of what must have seemed like a shooting gallery in the game against Tynecastle East at Saughton Park. In almost non-stop assaults on his goal, young Jamie was beaten seven times in a game dominated by this good young Tynecastle East outfit.

If it is of any consolation to the  Salvesen keeper, it could and should have been a lot worse. The number of chances scored by the Tynecastle players kept the scoreline down. The home side were much bigger physically and they also looked to be much more tuned in to the game from the start. It was one-way traffic from the opening whistle from Stuart Gregor and it was not long before Tynecastle went in front, big Paul Fergie beating Vipond in a challenge for a long ball up the left and once he was in the clear, Fergie hammered the ball in to the empty net to make it 1-0. The home side’s second counter was a truly spectacular goal, with Jamie Anderson running up the left out of defence with the ball at his feet and the Tynecastle No 3 delivered a perfect ball across the 6yd line for David Liddell to smash an unsavable volley on the run in to the Salvesen net.

That made it 2-0 and it went up to 3-0 when a shot from Danny Hubbard found the back of the net after the restart to the second half. Gavin Pettigrew took advantage of a defensive mix-up in the Salvesen goalmouth to make it 4-0. Further goals from Calum Donaldson and Jack Ramage (pen) took the margin in favour of Tynecastle to 6  -0 and it was fitting that the final goal of the game, the seventh, was scored by the Tynecastle player with No 7 on his jersey, Pettigrew, to complete Jamie Vipond’s misery.

Tynecastle East – Daniel Duffy, Craig Robertson, Jamie Anderson, Conor Edwards, Jack Ramage, Stuart Duncannon, Gavin Pettigrew, Danny Hubbard, David Liddell, Paul Fergie, Craig Sinclair, Paul Keller, Calum Donadson, Matthew Scate, Calum Liddell.

Salvesen – Jamie Vipond, Finlay Muir, Craig McMillan, Harry Knight, Daniel Lockhart, Daniel Bertram, Cameron McFarlane, Keir Diabase, Stuart Knowles, Gregor Hutchison, Zac Shapero, Calum Ferguson, Darren McTernan, Jack McIntosh.

Referee – Stuart Gregor.

*Saughton Park was fully utilised during this game, with groups of players from team representing Tynecastle FC in action, playing and training in all areas of the park. It was a magnificent sight to see so many young people taking part in football.